(on the team's injury situation) "Nothing new. Still held (ILB)
DeMeco (Ryans) out of the walk-through this afternoon. It's like I
said, a sore elbow. I'll make a decision on him tomorrow.
Obviously, we've got one more short practice in the morning before
we go play. Other than that though, (ILB) Cheta (Ozougwu) was back
here today. Of course, (RB Arian) Foster and (RB Ben) Tate went, so
we'll see. We'll see where they're at tomorrow."

(on if RB Arian Foster and RB Ben Tate will play on Saturday) "I
think they will unless there's a setback between now and tomorrow.
I think they'll play. Now what I have to do is go back and it's
their first time out, so I have to decide how much I'll play them.
I would think between Ben and between Arian, if we can kind of do
with them what we did with the first group last week, that'd be
good."

(on if RB Javarris Williams is ready to play on Saturday) "Yeah,
he's got enough that he could go play. (He's had a) very short time
with us, a lot of information, but he knows enough that he could go
in there and play in the second half."

(on if he's worried the Saints will put a lot of pressure on the
quarterback with RB Javarris Williams playing) "That's a concern.
You throw somebody back there and you're getting blitzed and stuff
and you expose your quarterback. You got to be careful there, but I
think he (Javarris Williams) knows enough that we could call it a
way that he'd be okay."

(on what he wants to get out of Saturday's game) "(I) just want to
move forward. I want to see these guys play more, going to play a
lot more with the first group, maybe even up to a half. We'll see.
Just see if we can correct some of the things we didn't do well and
see if we can keep moving forward. We're obviously doing a little
bit more offensively and defensively this week. We're down to kind
of two offensive lines, so we'll get to see those guys
extensively."

(on what
made him take a chance on OLB Bryan Braman) "He's got a lot of
ability and the bottom line is we had a coach on our staff
(Defensive Assistant Bobby King) that knew him and had him and
stood up for him, and he felt like the kid deserved a chance. So
far, so good."

(on RB Derrick Ward) "Derrick will probably not play, but he will
be cleared very quickly here. He's doing well."

(on ILB Brian Cushing) "Cush is ready to go. I kind of have to make
the same decision with Cush as I make with (RB) Arian (Foster) and
(RB) Ben Tate, but Cush has been practicing a little more than them
so expect to see him a little bit more than those guys but he's
ready to go."

(on if there are any new health issues) "No, no we're okay. We came
out this morning making a big decision on (G Kasey) Studdard this
afternoon. He's meeting with doctors trying to decide exactly what
the best step is for him."

(on if WR Terrence Toliver will play on Saturday) "Yeah, he'll play
more. He'll play a lot of special teams and he needs to do a better
job on special teams than he did last week. I think he came out of
the game knowing that, so yeah, we want to look at him."

(on ILB Xavier Adibi playing if ILB DeMeco Ryans can't) "Yeah, he
and (ILB Darryl) Sharpton are interchangeable, but they both are
going to play a lot of football. X (Xavier Adibi) is having a very
good camp."

(on what he wants to see during Game 2 that he didn't in Game 1)
"There's some special teams stuff that I didn't like. I want to see
us do a better job in the return game. That's been a big point of
emphasis. Obviously, offensively I'd like to see us run the ball
better than we did the first game, but that gets back to getting
our (running) backs back and getting all our people working. It's
still a second game and it's been a very, very short week. It's a
quick turn-around so hopefully I can freshen them up between now
and game time."

(on whether he wants to make a decision on a punter quickly) "No,
because they're both doing fine from that standpoint. They are both
doing well and I think it's going to go down to the wire. Really,
(P Brett) Hartmann's deal will be how well does he kickoff, is he
really that dominant of a kickoff guy? He was pretty good the other
night, but it wasn't like it was up in the stands, so we'll see how
he does in the next few weeks."

Defensive Coordinator Wade Phillips

(on getting to the quarterback Monday night) "Yeah, we missed a few
layups there where nobody blocked the guy and we missed the tackle,
but I was pleased with our pass rush overall. We've still got to
work hard on it."

(on going against the New Orleans Saints offense) "Yeah, they're
one of the best. We knew that. We know that. (New Orleans QB Drew)
Brees is an exceptional quarterback and they've got a veteran team
that knows what to do, especially in the passing game. It'll be a
tremendous test for us."

(on OLB Bryan Braman) "Well he's a free agent and he did play
against the (Jets) second team. He didn't play against all of the
first team guys. He's still got some work to do. He's a work in
progress. He needs a little more strength but he's got really good
pass rush ability overall and you could see that in the ball
game."

(on OLB Bryan Braman's pass rush ability is what stands out the
most about him) "He finished plays. He worked really hard. He had
good effort in the game and it takes not only ability but
effort."

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